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61st Anniversary of WPK Celebrated

Korean Central News Agency of DPRK via Korea News Service (KNS)

   Pyongyang, October 11 (KCNA) -- The National Symphony Orchestra on Tuesday gave a concert at the Moranbong Theater in celebration of the 61st anniversary of the founding of the Workers' Party of Korea. It was appreciated by senior officials of the party, the army and the state and officials of the ministries and national institutions.
    The audience also included overseas compatriots staying in the socialist homeland, diplomatic envoys and embassy officials of different countries and representatives of international organizations in Pyongyang and foreigners.
    Put on the stage were "Glory to the General," the 4th movement of the symphonic suite "Long Journey for Songun Leadership," orchestras "Thunder on Jong Il Peak" and "The Sound of a Horse's Hooves in Mt. Paektu" and other numbers.
    The performers presented in stirring melodies the immortal feats of Kim Jong Il in strengthening and developing the WPK founded by President Kim Il Sung to be eternally the glorious party of the President and the guide of the Songun revolution.
    Orchestras "We Started from Scratch", "Rich Harvest Comes to the Chongsan Plain" and "Arirang" touched the right chord in the hearts of the audience for their vivid representation of the breath of the Songun era pulsating with the revolutionary mettle and optimism of the army and people of the DPRK eager to race ahead higher and faster toward the dawn of a great prosperous powerful nation and their national sentiment.
    Dancing parties of youths and students were held in various places of the country on the anniversary.
    The plazas of the Monument to Party Founding, the Tower of the Juche Idea, the Pyongyang Indoor Stadium and other edifices were crowded with young men and women who gathered to greet the holiday.
    The youths and students danced to the tunes of the song "Glory to the General," which was followed by "Our General Is Best," "Korea, Let's Sing of This Pride" and "May the Era of the Workers' Party of Korea Flourish!"
    Youths and students in the provincial and county seats and cities including Sinuiju, Kanggye, Hamhung and Wonsan also celebrated the day with songs and dances overflowing with revolutionary mettle and optimism.